Explore a well rounded practice of yoga asana, breath awareness, meditation and chanting.
Start with a grounded practice, sensitizing to the island...verdant, tropical rain forest...the sweet scent of blossoming flora.
About the Facilitator(s)
Anja Borgstrom
Growing up in a small, Northern California coastal town, Anja frequented the cliffs overlooking the ocean to practice nature-honoring rituals. This was the early phase of what grew to be a passion for movement in dance, surfing, hiking, capoeira and yoga.
Anja is a 1996 graduate of The Yoga Room's Iyengar - based teacher training program in Berkeley, CA. She has taught for 17 years, cultivating a gentle, subtle, alignment and breath-based approach. Calming the nervous system lays the foundation for the yoga practice. With compassion, patience, and knowledge, she offers valuable, individualized guidance. Restorative, Back Care, Gentle, Prenatal, Postnatal and Yoga for Kids are yoga niches that she offers with gratefulness and zeal.
Over 20 successful, intimate size yoga retreats have been led by Anja since 1997. The continuous flow of a deep, daily practice, harmony with nature, and the connection of the group provides an ideal environment for yoga to unfold.
M!chaeloha Elam Integrates Emotional Freedom Techniques, Compassionate Breath, emo-yoga and movement, conscious Esalen massage and meridian tapping in sound healing baths creating a celebration of the body-mind-spirit; Co-creating Loving magical musical moments, recognizing blesSings!
Triple Shared Bath Rate: $884/per person Triple Private Bath Rate: $980/per person Child rate (ages 3-12): $770
COMMUTER week use fee (no meals or lodging) $380*
Hot showers, pool/sauna/hottub use included in commuter rates.
*3 meals at Kalani is about $50/day if prepaid.
On island? Ask about other Kama'aina pricing specials.
A nonrefundable deposit of one night's lodging fee is required to hold your reservation.
Additional Optional 2 extra days for the retreat, including Volcano National Park Adventure and Dolphin Swim Adventure. Additional $250-300 for activities plus two more days based on your accommodation rates. Contact m!chaeloha for further details!
**Receive a discount of $100 if down payment is received by April 11th
**Receive a discount of $200 if full payment received by April 22st
Please note, accommodations can be reserved solely based on availability and must be booked far enough in advance to guarantee your room choice.
Deposit: $200
Balance due: April, 30th 2012
Fee includes accommodations, all workshop classes, meals, lava trek excursion, and use of the retreat's facilities, including pool, hot tub and sauna. Price does not include: airfare, ground transportation, taxes, or tips.
reiki is a passive form of qi gong used to promote deep relaxation and a natural balance. practiced across the globe by over 1 million people, reiki helps each of us become more aware of the life giving force within us. as this awareness deepens, so too does our ability to heal and grow naturally. science now recognizes the primacy of consciousness. this understanding is helping us all shift from a materialist worldview to understanding the currency of energy in all things … especially our health.
About the Facilitator(s)
Greg’s teaching is rooted in Ayurveda, Bhakti Yoga, Tantric Wisdom, Global Sounds, Energetic Alignment and free form movement. Greg inspires and empowers potential and truth from insight developed from his own organic healing from chronic pain, scoliosis and depression. Greg's teaching style is infused with his embodiment of Reiki and Meditation, using Asana as a bridge toward self-awareness, healing and personal evolution. He offers a dynamic and unique blend of fluid Vinyasa, elemental Kriyas, Pranayama, hands on healing and stillness sure to challenge, nourish and awaken. His teaching invokes wholeness and vital living.
Greg was introduced to Reiki in 1999 studying with Indigenous healers in the Yucatan Peninsula followed by an eight-month immersion in India in 2003. Greg facilitated meditation for hundreds of participants daily while deepening his own practice of hands on healing and silent sitting. As soon as Greg returned stateside in 2004 he picked up Yoga and began pursuing training in BodyTalk – consciousness based healthcare that draws upon Vedic Wisdom, Chinese and Western Medicine and Quantum Physics. He now integrates all practices to offer a full spectrum and comprehensive approach to dynamic health. Greg has been teaching yoga since 2008.
He is currently working toward completing a 500 hour Yoga Alliance Certification through the teacher training communities of Mas Vidal (Dancing Shiva Yoga & Ayurveda) and Shiva Rea (Samudra Global School for Living).
Relax on the Big Island with yoga and massage in paradise. Join jaRed, Dennis and Jason for yoga, healing touch and tropical island adventures in the company of like-minded men.
About the Facilitator(s)
jaRed has been learning, deepening and sharing his yoga flow practice at Kalani for the past eleven years. He first discovered his resonance with yoga through the ashtanga primary series with Pamela Richardson in the summer of '97. He graduated from Kathy Elder's original yoga teacher training in 2001, and has since deepened his understanding of teaching vinyasa flow yoga through intensives with Shiva Rea.
He has felt honored and inspired by the teachings of many and holds gratitude for all of his teachers, past and present. He continues to hold a sacred space for breath, gratitude, yoga and love in his weekly classes at Kalani Oceanside Retreat. www.jaredsam.com
Dennis agrees with Pattabhi Jois' statement in the movie Enlighten Up that the main goal of yoga is to discipline the mind. Dennis feels that Kundalini Yoga is one of the most effective, fun and quickest methods to practice the art of disciplining the mind.
His approach is gentle and focuses on opening up the energy centers in the body with Kundalini Yoga exercises. He has studied with Kundalini master Gurmukh and completed Yogi Bhajan's Kundalini Teacher Training. His classes are invigorating, grounding, intuitive, fun and leave you feeling centered, calm and smiling.
Jason graduated from the Utah College of Massage Therapy in 2006 and started working at the Salt Lake City campus soon after teaching Human Anatomy for massage therapists. He is thrilled to be returning to Hawaii to co-facilitate his first men's yoga and massage retreat with Dennis and jaRed, and will be offering his services as a massage therapist for retreat participants during the Healing Hands Retreat.
Fees include workshop, meals, accommodations, and use of Kalani's facilities including pool, hot tub and sauna. United Airlines has a direct flight from Los Angeles to Hilo (ITO) & and Hawaiian Airlines has a JFK-HNL (NYC to Honolulu) non-stop.
Gena has been teaching yoga for over 15 years. Her studies began with Jilda Liddicut of the Gaia School of Yoga. She has continued expanding her yoga studies under the guidance of internationally renowned teacher Donna Farhi. Her teaching focuses on nurturing from the inside – out. This approach allows students of all levels of experience and from all traditions to build their own authentic Yoga practice.
“My connection to Hawaii and the spirit of Polynesia comes from a twenty year history of paddling outrigger canoes. Through my many travels to Hawaii, I have had the opportunity to discover the magic of the Polynesian Islands and peoples. In essence the spirit of the islands is "Aloha", which means to be kind, nurturing and loving to yourself, to others and to the planet.”
The creation of "`Ohana Yoga" comes from blending this 'magic' and 'spirit' into her own unique style of teaching. Gena has also authored a book and dvd "The Gift of Yoga".
Kent Cuthbert
Kent has a lifelong passion for the outdoors and an active lifestyle. From participating in sports from an early age right up to competing in 5 Ironman Triathlon events Kent has continued to find reasons to be outside. After spending fifteen years as a professional in the corporate world he followed his passion and currently owns and operates Kayak Melbourne a tour business in Australia, and assists Gena as partner in Ohana Yoga & Wellness.
He loves to facilitate helping others get active and have memorable adventures, ensuring his groups have fun filled, safe experiences. He has worked with diverse groups at all levels of fitness and age groups from high school students to Corporate Teams. He has a wealth of fitness related knowledge and is a trained Pilates instructor
In our retreat we will experience being in this beautiful land, walking together in deep inner flow, exploring waterfalls, volcanoes, ocean, fresh air. Retreat to explore yoga, healthy food, and grounding permanent expansion of your soul through heart in an energized body. Perfect timing…2012, now, a new human experience-living in an activating body.
About the Facilitator(s)
Susan Bowen. Studio owner of Thrive Yoga, Rockville, MD is a RYT500 and Certified ISHTA Yoga Instructor & Certified Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga Instructor. Susan’s classes are challenging and inspire students to explore the practice of unifying the breath, mind and body to a place of comfort from the common Western habit of distraction and discomfort.
Susan has studied and practiced more than 12 yoga styles and encourages students to explore what works for them in yoga without concern for the “right” way to practice. Susan was first introduced to yoga 20 years ago while in college and has studied and practiced yoga while traveling for 15 years in the corporate world. Because of many years in a high-stress job (tight shoulders and distracted mind), Susan sequences yoga classes to help students de-stress, de-tox and become more aware of their own vitality. Sometimes that means getting more fit through movement and breathing exercises… sometimes that means hands-on assistance to stretch an ailing or tight muscle! Susan cues her classes to inspire awareness of the whole being-physical, emotion, mental and spiritual.
Susan has been honored as a leading woman entrepreneur in Montgomery County, MD for over a decade. As the Director of Programming for Thrive Yoga, she has been responsible for bringing both classical and cutting-edge yoga and wellness programs and staff to the studio. Susan facilitates and lectures at corporate, non-profit, and government events and retreats on a variety of topics including: stress-management, goal setting, and techniques for greater vitality in a busy world.
Zoe Marae. Dr. Marae has a PhD in biological science. For 15 years, she did medical research on complex multi-system disease leading to a joint appointment at Harvard Medical School and Children’s Hospital, Boston. Zoe Marae is a scientist who believes in “magic” (Vibrational magic, that is). She playfully refers to herself as a “mapmaker” specializing in formats (maps) of higher personal energy flow. These very practical maps lead to transformation inside (peace and flow) as well as outside (new life attractions). Her “zoeisms” combine vibrational physics with graphic humor… functional and entertaining!
This is a Retreat and we are going to Hawaii, so we are light on the rules. We are offering this quality retreat, at a reasonable cost. Read the refund policy carefully. Please do not request special exceptions for refunds.
• Registration deadline is December 12, 2011.
• The retreat DOES NOT include airfare but DOES include airport transfers. In order to schedule transport from the airport, send your flight itinerary by February 1, 2012 to info@thriveyoga.com. Fly to Hilo (ITO). Kalani Oceanside Retreat is only a 45 minute drive from the Hilo airport.
• Online registration is available for payment in full. If you would like to make a deposit of $500.00 and arrange for a payment plan, call Ugonma, at 301-294-9642. The retreat must be paid in full by December 12, 2011.
• Cancellation requests MUST be submitted in writing by December 10, 2011 to info@thriveyoga.com. Thrive Yoga will grant a full refund less an administrative fee of 10%. NO REFUNDS WILL BE GRANTED AFTER DECEMBER 10, 2011
• If you and a roommate are retreating as “double occupancy”, send us your names via info@thriveyoga.com.
• If you register for “double occupancy” and want to be assigned a roommate, we will do everything in our power to make that happen. You will receive notification of your roommate no later than 4 weeks prior to departure. We will call you by December 13, 2011, IF we cannot assign a roommate and we will discuss other accommodations within your budget. Should you need to cancel due to a roommate not being assigned, we will refund your money less a 10% administrative fee.
Journey Into Power Level One Training is your opportunity to join Baron Baptiste and a group of people who are ready to move deeper into themselves and into their own power. This is a process of total immersion and transformation for those who want to teach, deepen their practice and transform their life. (By Acceptance ONLY!)
About the Facilitator(s)
Baron Baptiste
Through rigorous study in India and America that began at the early age of 12 years old, Baron has created a yoga practice without boundaries - it is a dynamic combination of strength, sweat and spirituality. It heals, detoxifies and electrifies the body and mind at their deepest levels. With this practice, Baron has knocked yoga off of its pedestal and demystified it by bringing it into people's lives across America.
Experience the exquisite and ecstatic energy of your heart as it connects you to your authentic self. Using primarily classic meditations methods, shamanic journeying, guided visualizations, as well as other experiential practices, we will explore important aspects of the heart. We will be drawing on physical and energetic experiences, as well as the inspiration of poetry and lore from various cultures. Myths and spiritual traditions will awaken our untamed heart.
About the Facilitator(s)
Mary Anne Flanagan is the creator and founder of Toning the OM™. Toning the OM™ is an international healing arts company that is committed to nurturing body, spirit, and heart connections through experiential workshops, retreats, healing, and coaching sessions. Mary Anne is a Certified Life Coach from New York University and a Shamanic Teacher. She has a Certificate in Aging from Boston University and works with older adults on relaxation, simple movements, and breathwork. She has also received a Certificate in Coaching in Medicine and Leadership from Harvard University.
Mary Anne's practice in the healing arts began in 2000 while training New York City community organizations involved in positive youth and family development initiatives. This work led her to facilitate national workshops, community drumming and teaching about global energy medicine. Mary Anne has worked with nonprofit organizations for almost 20 years in management and training. She has a private healing and coaching practice in New York City.
Kalani is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) charity. Your stay here supports our educational mission, preservation of ancient Hawaiian cultural sites, and the development of a model sustainable community.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION: A deposit of $300 is required to reserve your space for this retreat. Payment in full is required by August 31, 2012. Registrations are gladly accepted after August 31, 2012 based on availability.
COST: $1300 - Triple Lodge Room with Private Bath. Included: All retreat workshops, 6nights/7days accommodations, three meals a day, exclusive workshop space, yoga props for personal use, a hula class. Not Included: Flights between home and Hawaii, optional excursions, airport transfers ($45 if multiple pick-ups or $65 if single pick-up), tips for Kalani staff, and items of personal nature.
CANCELLATIONS AND REFUNDS: Cancellations made prior to August 31, 2012 are subject to the forfeit of all deposit monies paid ($300) unless we can find another person to fill your reservation. Reservations cancelled between September 1 - October 3, 2012 are subject to cancellation fee in the amount of 50% of the retreat cost. Reservations cancelled on or after October 4, 2012 are subject to a cancellation fee in the amount of 100% of the retreat cost and are non-refundable.
You may want to consider purchasing commercial travel insurance, which would include trip cancellation protection.
This 9-day Residential Training Program in Lucid Dreaming (dreaming while knowing that you are dreaming) and Tibetan Dream Yoga will focus on methods of developing the mental skills that foster lucid dreaming and on directing your consciousness in the dream state towards fulfillment of your personal goals.
About the Facilitator(s)
Stephen LaBerge, Ph.D.
Stephen is a world-renowned authority on lucid dreaming. His pioneering studies at Stanford University have brought scientific attention to this potentially illuminating state of consciousness, and his best-selling books Lucid Dreaming and Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming, have introduced many to the experience. For the past 30 years, Dr. LaBerge has researched methods for teaching people to become lucid dreamers, developing techniques and lucid dreaming induction devices.
Practice and learn the proven techniques for creating a healthier lifestyle. During the seminar you will participate in daily yoga classes and learn the progressive steps towards a real understanding of yoga and the benefits that can last a lifetime.
About the Facilitator(s)
Kathy is a Certified Yoga Teacher and Master of Yoga Education, and has completed the 500 hour certification for the Yoga Alliance. She has been teaching the mind-body-breath union and the spiritual connection since the late 1970's. "Yoga shows us the way to develop a greater understanding of ourselves and to the world around us. Yoga makes everything better," Kathy says. Her life's experiences have led her on the path of a deep and committed yoga practice.
As the senior yoga teacher at Kalani, she has been devoting her time and energy to several yoga programs here. Hundreds of guests, volunteers and community members have attended her classes, and many have deepened their practice through her Yoga Teacher's Training Certification program.
BE WITH THE NATURAL SPLENDOR OF HAWAII
Techniques, Compassionate Breath, emo-yoga and movement, conscious Esalen massage and meridian tapping in sound healing baths creating a celebration of the body-mind-spirit; Co-creating Loving magical musical moments, recognizing blesSings!
Global Sounds, Energetic Alignment and free form movement. Greg inspires and empowers potential and truth from insight developed from his own organic healing from chronic pain, scoliosis and depression. Greg's teaching style is infused with his embodiment of Reiki and Meditation, using Asana as a bridge toward self-awareness, healing and personal evolution. He offers a dynamic and unique blend of fluid Vinyasa, elemental Kriyas, Pranayama, hands on healing and stillness sure to challenge, nourish and awaken. His teaching invokes wholeness and vital living.
Relax on the Big Island with yoga and massage in paradise. Join jaRed, Dennis and Jason for yoga, healing touch and tropical island adventures in the company of like-minded men.
jaRed has been learning, deepening and sharing his yoga flow practice at Kalani for the past eleven years. He first discovered his resonance with yoga through the ashtanga primary series with Pamela Richardson in the summer of '97. He graduated from Kathy Elder's original yoga teacher training in 2001, and has since deepened his understanding of teaching vinyasa flow yoga through intensives with Shiva Rea. 
graduated from the Utah College of Massage Therapy in 2006 and started working at the Salt Lake City campus soon after teaching Human Anatomy for massage therapists. He is thrilled to be returning to Hawaii to co-facilitate his first men's yoga and massage retreat with Dennis and jaRed, and will be offering his services as a massage therapist for retreat participants during the Healing Hands Retreat.
Kent Cuthbert
In our retreat we will experience being in this beautiful land, walking together in deep inner flow, exploring waterfalls, volcanoes, ocean, fresh air. Retreat to explore yoga, healthy food, and grounding permanent expansion of your soul through heart in an energized body. Perfect timing…2012, now, a new human experience-living in an activating body.
Susan Bowen. Studio owner of Thrive Yoga, Rockville, MD is a RYT500 and Certified ISHTA Yoga Instructor & Certified Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga Instructor. Susan’s classes are challenging and inspire students to explore the practice of unifying the breath, mind and body to a place of comfort from the common Western habit of distraction and discomfort.
Zoe Marae. Dr. Marae has a PhD in biological science. For 15 years, she did medical research on complex multi-system disease leading to a joint appointment at Harvard Medical School and Children’s Hospital, Boston. Zoe Marae is a scientist who believes in “magic” (Vibrational magic, that is). She playfully refers to herself as a “mapmaker” specializing in formats (maps) of higher personal energy flow. These very practical maps lead to transformation inside (peace and flow) as well as outside (new life attractions). Her “zoeisms” combine vibrational physics with graphic humor… functional and entertaining!
Journey Into Power Level One Training is your opportunity to join Baron Baptiste and a group of people who are ready to move deeper into themselves and into their own power. This is a process of total immersion and transformation for those who want to teach, deepen their practice and transform their life. (By Acceptance ONLY!) 
Through rigorous study in India and America that began at the early age of 12 years old, Baron has created a yoga practice without boundaries - it is a dynamic combination of strength, sweat and spirituality. It heals, detoxifies and electrifies the body and mind at their deepest levels. With this practice, Baron has knocked yoga off of its pedestal and demystified it by bringing it into people's lives across America.
Experience the exquisite and ecstatic energy of your heart as it connects you to your authentic self. Using primarily classic meditations methods, shamanic journeying, guided visualizations, as well as other experiential practices, we will explore important aspects of the heart. We will be drawing on physical and energetic experiences, as well as the inspiration of poetry and lore from various cultures. Myths and spiritual traditions will awaken our untamed heart. 
Mary Anne Flanagan is the creator and founder of Toning the OM™. Toning the OM™ is an international healing arts company that is committed to nurturing body, spirit, and heart connections through experiential workshops, retreats, healing, and coaching sessions. Mary Anne is a Certified Life Coach from New York University and a Shamanic Teacher. She has a Certificate in Aging from Boston University and works with older adults on relaxation, simple movements, and breathwork. She has also received a Certificate in Coaching in Medicine and Leadership from Harvard University. 
This 9-day Residential Training Program in Lucid Dreaming (dreaming while knowing that you are dreaming) and Tibetan Dream Yoga will focus on methods of developing the mental skills that foster lucid dreaming and on directing your consciousness in the dream state towards fulfillment of your personal goals. 
Practice and learn the proven techniques for creating a healthier lifestyle. During the seminar you will participate in daily yoga classes and learn the progressive steps towards a real understanding of yoga and the benefits that can last a lifetime. 
Kathy is a Certified Yoga Teacher and Master of Yoga Education, and has completed the 500 hour certification for the Yoga Alliance. She has been teaching the mind-body-breath union and the spiritual connection since the late 1970's. "Yoga shows us the way to develop a greater understanding of ourselves and to the world around us. Yoga makes everything better," Kathy says. Her life's experiences have led her on the path of a deep and committed yoga practice.
